Bullets fly in Melbourne: What’s going wrong?

Duncan McNab, Crime Editor

Thursday, 9 May 2019 12:48 pm

Police outside The Love Machine nightclub.Image: AAP

The fatal gunfire currently echoing in Melbourne’s streets brings a reminder of the city’s most violent time – the gang war that rampaged from 1998 to 2006 where executions and drive-by shootings claimed at least 27 lives.

But could we really be returning to such a horrible time?

With six fatal shootings taking place in just six weeks, one can understand why Melburnians are mortified and others around the country are watching on.

The Love Machine

The most recent shooting took place at 3.10am on Sunday 14 April with a drive-by shooting.

The shots were fired at people queuing to get into The Love Machine nightclub in Malvern Road, Prahran, just moments from swanky Toorak.

Victoria Police and Aaron Khalid OsmaniImage: AAP and Supplied

Six people were injured in the fracas.

Aaron Khalid Osmani, the club’s 37-year-old security officer, died of his injuries later that day.

Another man is in hospital with what police described as life-threatening injuries.